Innersole.



G. E. ROLLINS.

INNERSOLB.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.2o,191o.

1,088,629. Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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GEORGE E. ROLLINS, OF BBOCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG'NOR TO ROLLIN'S HEEL ARCI-I COMPANY, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

INNERSOLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 20, 1910.A Serial No. 582,834.

Patented Feb. 24, 14914.

To aU '1i-hom it may concern:

Be it fknown that I, GEORGE E. lioLLiNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, -in the county of Plymouth and.

State of Massachusetts, have invented new and'useful Improvements in lnnersoles, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention relates to improvements in boots, shoes andthe like and relates particularly to improvements in and relating to the inner sole.

The object of my'invention is to' provide an inner sole composed of two or more layers ofleather or other suitable material and having a nail clenching plate interposed between two of these layers and secured to the lower one, this plate serving to clench the heel nails and lasting tacks which are driven through the lower layer of the inner sole. Bythe use of this plate, the heel nails and lasting tacks are prevented from passing through the upper surface of the'inner sole and the upper surface is left perfectly smooth and requires no covering.

One important feature of my invention is that the nail clenching plate is secured tothe lower vlayer of the inner sole and the-lower layer of the inner sole is secured to the upper layer and tothe last by a tack extending through a perforation provided in the clenching plate and in this way both the clenching plate and the lower layer of the inner sole are prevented from moving laterally during the lastingoperation. This is an important point, since these parts if they were to move laterally would distort the shoe at that point. It is also important for the reason that if the plate were to become displaced iaterally, some of the lasting tacks might not be clenched against the bottom of the plate, but would pass beyond? the platepinto and through the upper layer of the inner sole. If this should occur, the points of the tacks would appear on the inner or upper surface of the inner `sole and this would, of course, be objectionable.v

" Still another advantage derived from securing the plate to the lower layer of the inner sole is that when the shoe is completed ythe plate holds the -heel counter firmly around the edges and makes thev shoe stronger as well as preventing the counter from crowding to one side.

Preferably, the lower layer of the inner sole is located at the heel portion only and terminates adjacent to the shank portion. This has the advantage of permitting the use of an ordinary commercial inner sole with the nail clenching plate and the short layer of material secured thereto. It also permits the use of a shank stifener either formed on or secured to the clenching plate or as a separate part.

To these ends, my invention consists in the novel features of construction" and in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

.Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective v iew of a shoe having an inner sole embodying my invention, the upper being partly broken away and the heel or- ,tion of the inner sole bein lifted to s ow the nail clenching plate. ig. 2 is a bottorn Jplan of an inner sole embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawing. In the drawings, 18 is an inner sole which 1s preferably composed of two or more layers, two layers 19 and 20 being shown in the drawing, the former being like the usual commercial leather inner sole and provided .with alip 21, for the attachment of a welt and the layer 20 being preferably very short and located only at the heel. portion..

Interposed between the layers 19 and 20 is a clenching plate 22 formed of any suitable material, preferably inetal, said plate being preferably secured to the layer 20 in any suitable manner as, for example, by providing said plate with integral tongues 23 driven through said layer and clenched on the under side thereof. The plate is preferably provided with a perforation 24 permitting tacks toybe driven through the insole into the last to position the inner sole thereon preparatory to the( operation of pulling over and lasting the upper. The tack or tacks thus driven into the layer 19 serve to secure the layer 20, as Well as the plate 22, to the layer 19 during the making of the shoe. lVhen the shoe is completed. however, the layer 19 is lifted as shown .in Fig. 1, and the tack is clenched, after whichthe layer 19 is again laid down in place, thus leaving an inner sole entirely free from nails or tacks.

25 is a shank stiener which may be l! sol . in perspectiveJ in Fig; l, the upper of the struction, the use of the supplementary 1intermed separate from the olenching plate 22 and this shank st-ili'ener may be secured to a shank piece 2G in any suitable manner as by means of tacks 27 in the usual manner.

In order to 'illustrate clearly how the i clcnching plate appears when in a shoe as completed, l have shown the completed shoe shoe being partly broken away to expose the interior at the heel portion and the upper layer lt) of the inner sole being lifted to expose the clenching plate which underlies the saine.

VWhen the shoe has been lasted a-nd leveled, a heel is applied thereto in the usual manner by driving heel nails through A*the outer solo, through that portion of the upper which projects inwardly upon,v the upper face ot the outer sole and through the lower layer 20 of the inner sole, the innerV or upper ends of the nails clenching against the plate 22'. In this way, the heel nails as well as the lasting t-acks'which, of course, are alsoclenched against the bottom of the plate,'since they terminate below the entine upper layer 19 of the inner s'ole are protected by the upper layer and by the clenching plate and cause no vdiscomfort to the heel of the wearer. 'Moreover, by this coning 'of the inner sole is obviated. y, Having thus described my invention, what l I claim and Ydesire by Letters Patentto se ure 1s: f

l. An inner sole orboots and shoes having, in combination, two superposed distinct pieces ot material one "of which is longer than the other and extends trom heel to toe and the other of which is located. at the heel portion only, a nail clenching plate intrposed between said pieces, and means eX- tending from said plate into interengagenient with the last-mentioned piece and rigidly fastening said plate thereto.'

2. An inner sole for boots and shoes having, in combination, two superpo-sed distinct one of said pieces and rigidly fastening said plate thereto, and a shank stitfener extending along the shank portion of said longer layer and beyond the front end of the shorter layer. l

In testimony whereof I- have hereunto Set niy hand. in presence of two ,subscribing witnesses. Y

GEORGE E. ROLEINS.

Witnesses: i LOUIS A. JON-Es,

l Saura V. MCCARTHY.- 

